Match-making machine.



P. CZERWENY'.

MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

AYPLIUATION FILED MAY 27. 1902.

l. 71 a /Z l PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.v

j UNITED STATES Patented Maren 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,476, dated March21, 1905.

yApplication filed May 27, 1902. Serial No. 109,191.

To fir/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ GZERWENY, manufacturer, residing atDeutschlandsberg, near Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Match-Making Machines, of whichthe following is a speciiication. l

My invention relates to the apparatus for collecting the finishedmatches as they are thrown out from a match-making machine for thepurpose of insuring an even and parallel arrangement of the matches inthe collectingboxes forming part of such apparatus, thereby facilitatingtheir ultimate transfer to the match-boxes.

The object in view is obtained by providing the collecting-boxes with abottom which is vertically displaceable and so arranged that it descendsa distance equal to the thickness of the matches every timeA a completerow of matches is deposited in the collecting-box. The piling up of thematches is thus perfectly uniform; but in addition, in order to furtherinsure their parallel position as they are falling off the machine, aseries of parallel metal strips or partitions are arranged immediatelyabove the collecting-boxes and between the series of adjacentmatch-sticks in such a manner as to act as guides for the matches.

The apparatus is represented in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a front view, partly in section, of the apparatus forcollecting the finished matches when being ejected out of the machine,showing parts of the frame, the'collecting receptacles and supportingmeans therefor, the rod for carrying the movable bottoms of thesereceptacles, means for raising and lowering the rod, and means forisolatingthe matches thrown out; Fig. 2, a side view of the parts shownin Fig. l, showing the empty collecting-receptacles when the bottoms areat their highest point; Fig. 3, a side view, partly in section, of thefull boxes-- a. e., when the bottoms are at their lowest while Fig. t isa plan of Fig. l.

1n the construction shown in the drawings the collecting-boxes a arearranged side .by side in front of and vbelow the match-expellingpunches Z) in such a manner that the match-sticks when they are expelledfrom the match-carrying strip or chain c (one link only of. which isshown in Fig. l) fall into the boxes. rFliese boxes a are connected witheach other and carried by a cross-bar f, fixed to the machine by boltsor in some suitable way, as by wedges or turn-buttons @,while the boxesare fastened to it by means of suitable wedges g or in other ways. Themovable bottoms /L of the collecting-boxes are all carried by aguide-bar L', suspended on chains 7c, carrying weights j' at the otherend and passing over pulleys or chain-wheels Z, which are keyed on ashaftm. On the same shaft m is keyed aratchetwheel n, actuated by a pawlo, carried by a lever p, capable of rocking on the shaft m, and theother end of which lever is pivoted to a further lever q, pivoted in turnto an arm /r of a reciprocating shaft a?, actuated by the machine, bywhich arrangement when the machine is working the movable bottoms of thecollecting-boxes are lowered by the thickness of a match-stick everytime a row of matches is driven from the seat until the boxes are full.To prevent the parts moving during the return movement of the lever p,and consequently the bottom from rising, a stop-pawl s for theratchet-wheel is provided, as shown. When the bottoms /L reach the lowerends of the boxes c, they are arrested and supported by theinwardly-projecting ledges c', while the guide-bar c, with its bracketsc", which had carried the bottoms, passes below the box to the positionshown in Fig. 3. The boxes having been filled,'they are replaced byempty ones. The pawls 0 and s of the ratchet-wheel are thrown out ofgear, after which the guide-bar t', with newbottoms a, willautomatically ascend to their highest position by the action of theweight. This done the pawls 0 and e are again thrown into gear with theratchet-wheel and the filling of the boxes may recommence.

To insure parallelism between the matches as they are falling from themachine, sheetmetal strips t are employed, each of them separating twoadjoining series of matches and being carried by a bar o, the ends ofwhich are suitably attached to a part of the frame.

The matches from the boxes are usually transferred to the reservoir of amachine for IOO chains or cords carrying the bar, counter- Weights,pulleys, a ratchet-Wheel, a pawl and means for actuating the paWl tooperate the ratchet-wheel and allow the bar to drop intermittently.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 13th day of May,1902, in the 2O presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANZ CZERVVENY.

Witnesses:

JOHANN FLoTH, ALVEsTo S. HoGUE.

